Grade 11 Life Orientation Flashcards

These flashcards cover key terminology from Grade 11 Life Orientation notes, including self-development, career choices, study skills, and social responsibility.

Goals

Things we want to achieve in life, representing our plans and aims through active steps.

SMART Goals

An acronym for setting goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-based.

Short-term goals

Goals that are achieved in a short space of time, typically within a week or a month.

Medium-term goals

Aims or plans that a person intends to achieve within the next $6$ months.

Long-term goals

Objectives that a person wants to achieve over a period of a few years, such as becoming a doctor or engineer.

Values

The principles a person thinks are important in life which influence decisions and shape mission statements.

Power relations

Relationships in which one person has control or power over another.

Gender stereotyping

The belief that someone behaves or will behave in a certain way based solely on their gender.

Higher Certificate

A qualification that enables work in a specific industry, providing introductory knowledge and practical skills focusing on workplace application.

Diploma

A qualification focusing on general principles of knowledge application, providing comprehensive and specialist knowledge and usually including practical experience.

Bachelor’s Degree

A qualification providing broad education focusing on principles, theory, and research, enabling professional careers and post-graduate study.

FET Colleges

Further Education and Training institutions registered with the DHET to provide vocational or occupational training in specific fields.

APS

Admission Point Score; a system that gives points for the marks achieved in National Senior Certificate examinations for admission to higher learning institutions.

SAQA

The South African Qualifications Authority, which regulates and sets standards in the South African education system and oversees the NQF.

NQF

The National Qualifications Framework, which combines education and training in South Africa to transform the education system.

NSFAS

National Student Financial Aid Scheme; South Africa’s only public student loan scheme for academically deserving and financially needy students.

Public participation

Being involved with others in activities such as standing for elections, voting, attending community meetings, or protesting to ensure needs are addressed.

Petition

A formal written request signed by people asking the government or an organisation to change or do something.

Governance

The way a country is controlled or managed by the people who run it.

Proportional representation

An electoral system where parties receive a certain number of seats in parliament according to the percentage of votes they receive.

Constituency-based representation

An electoral system where the country is divided into voting areas represented by one member chosen by the people.

Rule of Law

A system defined by government accountability, absence of corruption, security, order, fundamental rights, open government, and access to justice.

National Assembly

The supreme law-making body in the Republic of South Africa consisting of between $350$ and $400$ members elected for a term of $5$ years.

NCOP

National Council of Provinces; one of the two houses of Parliament that considers bills approved by the National Assembly.

SQ3R Method

A study strategy consisting of five steps: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review.

Left-brain dominance

A learning preference characterized by being logical, rational, and looking at parts, focusing on words, numbers, and facts.

Right-brain dominance

A learning preference characterized by being creative, intuitive, and looking at the whole, focusing on feelings, images, and patterns.

rBST

An artificial hormone injected into cows to stimulate milk production, which has been linked to potential health issues in humans like cancer.

Environmental degradation

The process of damaging or ruining the environment through human activities like pollution or soil erosion.

Climate change

A change in temperature and weather patterns caused by gases like carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere and trapping heat.

Kilojoules

A measure of how much energy food provides for the human body.

Low GI-foods

Foods that have a slower effect on blood sugar levels because they break down slowly, providing a longer sense of being full.

CV (Curriculum Vitae)

A summary of career experience, qualifications, skills, and abilities presented to future employers.

Work ethics

Sets of moral principles or rules of behaviour relating to right and wrong actions in the workplace.

Suitability audit

A quiz, questionnaire, or test used to assess how well an individual's personality and skills match the requirements of a specific career.

Skilled labour

Highly trained workers capable of doing many kinds of jobs within their range of competence.

Semi-skilled labour

Workers trained to do one specific job, usually assisting skilled workers.

Unskilled labour

Workers who have very little or no training and possess no special skills.

Physical labour

Workers with no formal qualifications who perform tasks such as gardening, offloading furniture, or digging trenches.

Gender roles

Different roles, behaviours, and activities that society deems appropriate or right for women and men.

Incest

Sexual intercourse between people who are so closely related that they are legally prohibited from marrying.

Domestic violence

When one person in a close relationship or marriage uses fear, guilt, shame, or physical force to dominate and control the other.

Statutory rape

Sexual intercourse with a child under the age of $16$, regardless of whether consent was given.

Euthanasia

The act or practice of killing someone who is very sick or injured to prevent any further suffering.